--- mundane-lens: time to make your choice ---

thanks to all who entered this challenge. there were some really great entries and as usual it was so tough to bring it down to five finalists. but such was my job, and here they are, in no particular order. many congrats to them all. please vote by adding the number of your choice to the list below. i'll leave the voting open until midnight gmt on sat 14 jan, and post the winner soon thereafter.